Club Jade

Get a first look at Knights of the Old Republic #18, Dark Times #4, Rebellion #9, and Legacy #15.

Has the cold day in hell arrived?

“Never say never,” hints New Line Cinema co-founder and co-chairman Robert Shaye about the possibility of Peter Jackson returning to direct The Hobbit.

“There’s nothing I can really talk about except to say that I believe ‘The Hobbit’ will be made,” says Shaye, choosing his words carefully like the lawyer that he is. “There’s a bunch of issues and elements that have to be addressed.”

Hmm… still not holding my breath.

Fans for Life has announced an upcoming charity golf tournament with some sci-fi celebs.

If you head over to LA, you might have the chance to golf with Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, Claudia Christian and several others. All proceeds benefit The AIDS Service Center.

Check out this Washington Post opinion piece from Lawrence Lessig on the legal ramifications of starwars.com’s latest shiny toy. I don’t think anyone is really be surprised that LFL owns what’s created with Mashups – fandom has gone around this block before – remember when sw.com hosted those fansites?

The question is – are experienced vidders using this service? I doubt it – they already have access to superior software. I’d wager it’s like the blogs, most of the people who get into it are new to the concept entirely, and they’ll just end up being simply content with the system at hand, or evolve beyond it.

Forget the Potterdammrung: Footloose and Bill and Ted remakes? This can’t end well.

GENERAL

• Zachary Quinto as Spock? Leonard Nimoy, watch your back!

• Check out The Golden Compass posters! Daniel Craig looks bizarrely Hobbit-like.
• Tron is 25? Hehe, Tron.

SUPERHEROES

• Spider-Man movies look to keep on truckin’.

• Kevin Spacey to return as Lex Luthor. I still haven’t seen the first one. Will it ever come to HBO?
• Wolverine? Maybe.

TRAILERS

• The Dark is Rising

• The Spiderwick Chronicles
• Get Smart

As promised, Entertainment Tonight debuted our most recent look at the upcoming game. Missed it? Catch the video on starwars.com

Also: The TFU website launches.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix made $12 million from Wednesday’s midnight openings, busting Return of the King’s previous record of $8 million. Who knows how much cash the weekend will bring… Also from Variety: Will book/movie synergy work for Potter? I don’t doubt it.

Order of the Phoenix

• Rotten Tomatoes: With most reviews in, OotP now getting 74%

• Interview with Phoenix scriptwriter Michael Goldenberg
• Moviefone ranks HP villians

Deathly Hallows

• Wal-Mart pledges not to spoil DH buyers by handing out earplugs.

• Harry’s effect of children’s reading habits overestimated.
• Washington Post profiles editor Arthur Levine.
• Only 20% of adult fans think Harry will die.

Intrigued by Battlestar Galactica, but don’t want to commit to watching everything from the beginning?

No worries. Several enterprising folk put it all together for a five minute time commitment:

The Claymation Version

The Video Version

More articles from the recent SciFi Vancouver Media Tour include this small tidbit about the new aliens for Stargate Atlantis Season 4. The Pegasus Galaxy is going to be getting an advanced alien race called The Travelers. David Hewlett (Rodney McKay) describes them as “hot leather aliens.”

In other Stargate Atlantis news, the cover art for the Season 3 DVD has been released. (I’m not impressed.)

I can has teh Force, a Star Wars image macro community. Indeed, the end times are upon us! (Seriously, just wait until you see this week’s movie news.)